RM, a British education and technology specialist, claims that we're on the verge of a 'classroom revolution,' and that teachers are already embracing cutting-edge gadgets to connect with a generation of children who are computer literate before they can walk.

The company has created ‘an imaginarium of future learning’ which it hopes will persuade local education authorities and teachers that technology can improve their ability to get their message across to children.

It all begins with slick but simple furniture designs that bring flexibility into the classroom: tables that can be raised and swivelled to become projector screens, and sofa chairs that fold away into small cubes when reading time is over.

The squeak of pen on white board, the successor to the horrid shriek of chalk on blackboard, may also soon be silenced. The company envisions that the click of a gyroscopic mouse may take its place as tech -savvy teachers use specialist projectors to explain human anatomy to kids sporting 3D glasses (we're not holding our breath for that one.)

Meanwhile, down the hall, giggling in front of a green screen, is a group of children hiding behind a sheet of grey fabric and re-enacting Harry Potter’s ability to vanish behind their own version of his invisibility cloak. One of their classmates films the hilarity whilst another sits ready to edit at a laptop - magical technology available for only £500.

RM is also pitching the the prospect of robotic teaching aids. The company has called upon Jim Wyatt, the veteran robot designer, to create a new version of his humanoid mini machine, Mech RC, pictured above, which went on sale just before Christmas. The result is ED-E who boasts 17 motors that children can see whirring away under his transparent body panels.

Wyatt saysthat this robot comes with music, simple animation software and more than 100 motion files which children can use to create an array of actions. They can assign these to a remote control before watching ED-E do his thing (or topple off the table dependent on their programming prowess).

ED-E is already being evaluated by some British schools, according to Wyatt, and he says that American schools have also expressed interest after the robot was demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

In a world in which parents worry about mundane issues such as catchment areas and class-room size, it's good to know someone is thinking about the robots.